En Vogue: Love won't take me

I had a loveAnd I had painBest believeThey come hand in handCause I'm a soldierFor the love brigadeI'm prepared to do battleWith anythingI have control of my life you seeLet's keep it real not to make believeI won't get caught with my foot in my mouthAnd I won't let love take me outI have the power to do as I pleaseI take the blows and I do it with easeI dish it out very hard, there's no doubtAnd I won't let love take me outI had to beA fool indeedTo let someoneBreak me down to my kneesI was wrekclessWith my heart you seeThere's no rule for that in my worldAnd yet that's planSay bye-bye to the teary brown eyesAnd the big sad face with an upside down smileIt's so beneath me, it's so beneathSay bye-bye to the meaningless daysAnd the loneliest nightsJust wasting my mindIt's so beneath me, it can't control meI have control of my life you seeLet's keep it real not to make believeI won't get caught with my foot in my mouthAnd I won't let love take me outI have the power to do as I pleaseI take the blows and I do it with easeI dish it out very hard, there's no doubtAnd I won't let love take me outI have control of my life you seeLet's keep it real not to make believeI won't get caught with my foot in my mouthAnd I won't let love take me outI have the power to do as I pleaseI take the blows and I do it with easeI dish it out very hard, there's no doubtAnd I won't let love take me outWon't take me out, won't take me outWon't take me out, won't take me outWon't take me out, won't take me outMe out, me out, me outTime to riseTime to shineNever againCause I declineTo be a victimOf a broken heartCause I found the goddess in meAnd now I leave my markI have control of my life you seeLet's keep it real not to make believeI won't get caught with my foot in my mouthAnd I won't let love take me outI have the power to do as I pleaseI take the blows and I do it with easeI dish it out very hard, there's no doubtAnd I won't let love take me out(Repeat x3)I have the power to do as I please(I won't let it take me out)I dish it out very hard, there's no doubtAnd I won't let love take me out